Vernon God Little

I am certain that there are a septillion posts about this book. Paavana bought this book (along with Sideways) in NYC as we were waiting to catch the train to the airport.

Since I am heavily backed-up with my assorted non-fiction works, I have been reluctant to start reading any new books, especially fiction. But, on the flight back home I had nothing much to do. I had already read the in-flight magazine cover-to-cover during the flight to NYC and I decided to thumb through the book.

I havent read many pages - maybe 30 or so. It already feels like an astute commentary on small town America and the life of a helpless kid devoid of opportunities, growing up in a Gun ridden community. One cannot but sympathize with the life of Vernon and the hopeless direction it is headed in. I plan to pick it up to read sometime later. In the meantime, I am worried about what would happen to Vernon in the pages yet to be read.